Chapter 4 Failure in the Preliminary Examination

"In the past, I went back, and the willows were still there. Now I think about it, the rain and snow are falling. "When it is rounded and crushed, and placed in the bottom of the heart, it will not be touched again, and no dust will fly. Treasured Zhang Xuemei, just like cherishing Yang Caixia, regained the style of the past: the campus is full of energy, which is the frontier of his golden iron horse all day long, the empty playground is the school field where he crosses the horse and raises his sword when he runs in the morning, the quiet garden is the method for him to exhale the true qi when he reads in the morning, the broad discussion classroom is the round platform where he absorbs the aura of heaven and earth and gathers the essence of the sun and the moon, and the lonely shadow of the street lamp is the place where he reviews the exercises......

In the autumn games, "Ghost Brother" won three championships in a row, and he thought that they were all throwing events with brute force - javelin, discus, shot put, third place in the 5000-meter long-distance run, two of which broke the school's record for nearly 10 years, making him famous in one fell swoop, recorded in the history of the city, and felt the difference between the city's regular sports meeting and the lame sports meeting of Hedong Middle School for the first time.

In the final exam, everyone watched and responded calmly, and the battle was like waiting for the judgment of the strict teacher. I thought it would be time for the winter vacation after the exam, but Mr. Zhang informed everyone that the make-up classes would start after the day of the holiday. Then she specially called the "ghost brother" to the office, and happily told him: the school has formed a pair of help with a certain province in the south, and each class has three poverty subsidy places, and she has won a place for the "ghost brother", and she can receive a living allowance of 600 yuan per semester from the beginning of the next semester! "Ghost brother" didn't understand much at first, was stunned for a while, and said: Teacher, can I give up?

Teacher Zhang was a little angry, looked at him in wonder, and said, "Why?" "Brother Ghost" lowered his head, didn't dare to look at her, and replied with some complaints: There are more difficult things in our class than my family!

Teacher Zhang dropped the book on the table and said angrily: "How are you-I know, our class is more difficult than you--don't me-understand?" "Brother Ghost" raised his head slightly, looked at Teacher Zhang, and was glaring at him with his eyes, so he didn't dare to refute again, and said, "Okay, I know, Teacher Zhang!" Teacher Zhang didn't say anything more, took a sip of water from the water cup, and waved his hand.

"Ghost Brother" came out of the office, I don't know whether he was happy or depressed, he thought about it while walking, and suddenly had a plan, and couldn't help but be happy, so much so that he ran around the runway. He lay on the steps by the flowerbed in the sun, with the dead grass in his mouth, chewing and sucking the taste of winter.

During the one-day holiday, the students in the dormitory basically spent time shopping and sleeping, and the "ghost brother" did not go out of the school gate, nor did he sleep, cleaned the dormitory, and took the dirty clothes to wash. I took the key to the classroom and went to the classroom all day, and I didn't go back until it was almost time to have dinner. During the evening self-study, Teacher Zhang came to the classroom for a turn, and the radio informed all the teachers in the first year of high school that they were going to have a meeting, and she was not there for the whole evening self-study. After the bell rang, all the students went home, except for the boarding students.

The sound of running in the corridor disturbed the silence of the classroom - it was Teacher Zhang, everyone looked at her in amazement, she waved her hand, signaling everyone to continue reading and studying. Slowed down, walked up to "Brother Ghost", patted him on the shoulder, motioned for him to go out with his eyes, he looked at Teacher Zhang, looked at the half-done exercises, put down the pen and gave Teacher Zhang out.

Teacher Zhang stood on tiptoe, held on to the handrail of the stairs, tried not to make a sound, and walked downstairs. The playground was empty and the street lights were on. Teacher Zhang grabbed the shoulder of the "ghost brother" and said: Liu Guixian, I'm sorry, the teacher didn't think about the poverty subsidy yesterday!

"Brother Ghost" hurriedly replied: No-no-Teacher, you think too much! Teacher Zhang continued: Do you feel embarrassed to go down to receive poverty subsidies in public, and even hurt your self-esteem a little?

"Ghost brother" said: Teacher, it's not that it hurts your self-esteem, it's just that you feel that since it's a poverty subsidy, it should be given to those students who really need it! Teacher Zhang smiled and said: "The consciousness is quite high—we have all seen what you put in the principal's suggestion box—but you are doing this a bit righteously, and you haven't considered my feelings!

"Brother Ghost" stopped, hurriedly bowed deeply to Teacher Zhang, and said: Teacher, I'm sorry, I know you are good to me! Teacher Zhang sighed and said: The school has set a standard for this poverty subsidy at the beginning, and priority is given to good academic performance and good grades.

"Brother Ghost" happily raised his head and looked at Teacher Zhang, and said, "That's it, that's good!" Teacher Zhang also looked at him, and said meaningfully: "But there is another matter, you have to be mentally prepared in advance!" After speaking, he patted him on the shoulder twice, and "Brother Ghost" also nodded.

Teacher Zhang said: The results of the final exam have been counted, let me tell you straight, your grades - from the third place in the whole grade at the time of admission, this time it has dropped to 37 in the whole grade, what do you feel is the reason? "Ghost brother" looked at Teacher Zhang, a little lost, and whispered: I don't know, I just feel that I put my energy and time into studying, but I didn't expect this result!

Of course, an exam can't determine the final result, but you should pay attention to yourself! Teacher Zhang said, brushing down the hair on his sideburns, and then said: Listen to Teacher Zheng, your original study is very aura, and you can understand it at one point, is it that you have more homework now and have pressure?

The two had just turned around, and the first quarter moon had risen from behind the tall cedars. "Brother Ghost" looked at the night and said, "Teacher, there must be pressure." But I just feel that there is no difference in comprehension and thinking activity among other students, especially those in the city, and we will only memorize by rote and use brute force, but people will easily understand and effortlessly, which is also the unanimous feeling of everyone when we discuss in the dormitory.

Teacher Zhang smiled "hehehe" and said: Do you know very deeply - but in the eyes of the teachers, there is no difference - the students from the countryside also have your cuteness. I'm also here from a township school, and you're going to go deeper, there's a gap between you, and the gap lies in the level of education you receive, the diversity of education types, and the broadening of your horizons, so your comprehension ability may be higher, right?

"Ghost brother" looked at Teacher Zhang as if she didn't understand, and she continued: This may be just my partial understanding! At present, the main thing is how you want to improve, and exam-oriented education still depends on your grades! Let's talk about the specifics now, except for Chinese, I have probably communicated with your substitute teachers for several other subjects, and from your language alone, on the whole, your reading is too simple, only limited to textbooks, and you have too little exposure to extracurricular reading, and your vocabulary is not enough; Geography and so on are the same, there are too few extracurricular aspects, there are few opportunities for manual operation in the laboratory of science subjects, and the actual transformation and change are imagined out of thin air.

Teacher Zhang seemed to be a little "indignant" when he said it, turned his head to look at "Brother Ghost", smiled embarrassedly, and said: Brother Ghost, I'm sorry! In fact, in the final analysis, you have to work two aspects, extracurricular reading and study methods, understand?

"Brother Ghost" smiled and said: Some understand, some still don't understand - teacher, don't worry, I won't let you and Aunt Juanjuan down! Teacher Zhang looked at "Brother Ghost" and said: This is like Sister Juan's mouth saying you, you are the green onion, right?

Teacher Zhang also covered his mouth, laughed, leaned back and laughed, and said with a smile: Okay, go back, go back, go back! It's not early, go back to the dormitory! The two walked to the teaching building and separated, and the "ghost brother" watched Teacher Zhang leave.

The school specially left the ever-bright lamp classroom light for the dormitory students is still on, illuminating the dark place, Mr. Zhang's words, he himself seems to understand whether he understands or not, but it also seems that a bright lamp also illuminates him.